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19 Days of Activism for Prevention of Child Abuse

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In 2011, the Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) launched a global campaign called 19 Days of Activism in an effort to prevent violence and abuse against children. The rationale is that, after 10 years of campaigning to annually mark the World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse - November 19 - and building an international coalition of actors and partners, WWSF felt that creating a global campaign (November 1-19) would be an opportunity to expand its outreach. By focusing during 19 days on the prevention of diverse types of abuse and violence against children and youth, the campaign - now an annual campaign - aims to continue to bring to light this problem, its multifaceted aspects, and the need to generate sufficient grassroots interest and government and public support for better prevention measures.

Communication Strategies

This annual advocacy campaign draws upon a multi-issue coalition of diverse organisations and partners, including young people, that are involved in the fight against one or more of the 19 abuse issues listed in the WWSF toolkit "Prevention is Key! Let's Make Prevention of Abuse and Violence against Children a Global Priority" [see Related Summaries section below for access]. These are organisations working for a social transformation by mobilising agents for change and informed prevention actors to help create public awareness and support at the national, regional, and/or international level. To assist them, WWSF is providing campaign materials [PDF]. As detailed on the 19 Days website, the 19 campaign themes include:

  1. Children involved in armed conflict (2012 main theme)
  2. Sexual abuse
  3. Bullying (2015 main theme)
  4. Neglect
  5. Child labour
  6. Corporal punishment (2011 main theme)
  7. Sale of children (2013 main theme)
  8. Child prostitution (2013 main theme)
  9. Child pornography (2013 main theme)
  10. Child trafficking
  11. Child sex tourism
  12. Harmful traditional practices
  13. Street children
  14. Discrimination based on health conditions
  15. Addiction and substance abuse (2014 main theme)
  16. Malnutrition (2016 main theme)
  17. Dangers of information and communication technologies (ICTs)
  18. Abduction
  19. Juvenile justice and juvenile death penalty

 

Development Issues

Children, Rights.

Key Points

Click here in order to register to be a part of this campaign.

 

Impact:

 

In 2014, 134 organisations in 63 countries actively participated in the global campaign.

 

To read about activities and impact examples from all years of the campaign, click here and access the URLs on the left-hand side. For instance, the 2011 impact report [PDF] describes a process whereby 246 organisations in 78 countries participated. For instance, in India, "UDISHA's campaign received local and national media attention and sensitized thousands of children, parents and members of society about protection of child rights, prevention of child abuse and the Right to Education Act."

Sources

Email from Laure Maitrejean to The Communication Initiative on August 12 2011; emails from Elly Pradervand to The Communication Initiative on June 23 2014, April 29 2015, June 7 2016, and September 1 2016; and 19 Days website, accessed on November 1 2011, June 23 2014, May 1 2015, and September 1 2016.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 09:59 Permalink

Please note that as of 4 November, we are 202 organizations in 68 countries that have registered active participation in ths^e 19 Days of activism campaign.  Together, we can achieve a world fit for children - Thank you for being a prevention actor! WWSF 19 Day campaign Team wdpca@wwsf.ch